We Went to the Very South of Japan (only 500 people)
tokyo Kyoto everyone knows these places in Japan but have you heard of Tokashiki Ishigaki Taktoi these are also places in Japan but very few foreigners talk about them i am right now on the island of Ishigaki in the very south of Japan and going to another island here nearby in this ah pouring rain and taking my trusty yellow Hummer with me this is the furry terminal on the island of Ishiaki and look these are the places where you can go to here takitoi Kohama Kurroima Hat Iote another pier Kohama this is where I’m going to
12 seconds later h maybe we are going to different island una is also here we just learned that the time table that I was referring to is wrong and the nearest boat to that island where we wanted to go is in 3 hours very long time what is Hateruma we can go to Hataruma sooner maybe we should go to Hataruma what is Hataruma there is an airport where is it hataruma hataruma is the southernmost
mhm tomorrow for sure good morning this is the next day yesterday we decided that it’s not worth going that late to the Thailand so we are back at the terminal leaving bicycle behind because we are taking a ferry on which they don’t allow even folded bicycles so we are going to be walking on that island same island like we originally were planning to go to same island that we haven’t yet been to lots of people today at the furry terminal maybe other people also decided that it’s not worth going yesterday when it was raining and they are going today this is our last full day on Ishigaki so that’s why we really really want to go to some new place where we haven’t yet been to and we really wanted to go to one of those small islands we also wanted to go to the big island the Iimotei island but uh after checking out the information and what you can do on the island we decided it’s better to come back and go there for maybe a week so yeah now this small island [Music] and look it looks like we are taking one of those beautiful big boats there is a bus maybe the driver is waiting for us the longest distance that you can walk from here from the ferry terminal 4.6 km we can walk 4.6 km
maybe we should get a coffee first
maybe a coffee and a cake yeah why not
to fuel us through this day that forest that that bush is loud there is I don’t know what there are rocks or it’s 1 kilometer to the town along this nice road and here as well they have nice pavement sidewalk in the jungle wow it’s cute would we have taken the bus we would have missed all of this
there’s nowhere to take the bus to because it’s like only 3 or 4 kilometers long
that sound I don’t know if you hear it but it’s super loud [Music] is it actually nature no I don’t know
i think so what are these these empty shells of some kind i like it it’s nice like on the island of Takitomi there as well the like the road going from the beer to the city was very nice to the town here it’s different kind of but nice and to see more videos from places in Japan that you have never heard of check out my Japan playlist there are quite a few videos what is this
maybe don’t touch it
plant there are many of those fruits again another place on in Okinawa and again you feel like you are in a botanical garden where you see lots of all kinds of interesting plants it’s all green all flowers very Okinawan now it’s late May don’t come too early in the year if you want to see it all as green and with flowers welcome cafe homemade bread where I see only old buses woohoo we are entering the town looks like there is the school most likely yeah so this is how busy it is in the main town on the weekend yashi Noki on the left ah maybe this is a kafare
yeah yeah yeah yeah shinoi is the kafare yes
hm are we going there’s an al there’s also an Italian restaurant which opens at 6:00 in the evening
in the evening
yes so just in case you arrive here at lunchtime 12:00 uh you just sit down here wait for 6 hours then go across the road and have a nice meal look a travel tip to you the best ever okay the decision has been made going back a little bit going across that pedestrian crossing and going to this nice place Yashinoi no lunch menu sure wow [Music] after a nice coffee and okan donut break $9 by the way the exploration continues a nice donut yeah I really liked it i didn’t know it’s so good maybe we just didn’t we haven’t tried
i had tried a few times no I mean haven’t tried as donuts as good as this because the ones I had
Yes
I think I had once and it was very uh very dry well it was oily because it I think they deep fried but at the same time it was kind of juicy it’s just because it’s like it was made freshly made
just now so that’s why it was so good and sweet let me turn the camera guys i really like these old I’m assuming they are old walls made of made out of I don’t know coral rocks maybe um I think that’s it for the city for the town we are turning in
let’s go to the white building i think it’s uh very pretty okay the white building and then we are turning in and going to another corner then walk along the sea more or less nice nice nice yeah the plan is to walk more or less all main roads here and go to all corners of this island beautiful you see this and they are everywhere always two guarding the entrance and this is where the town ends this is where we turn around and go to Sugar Cane Road a popular tourist attraction all of this um Okinawa island hoping and I guess not only Okinawa most likely we just have had experience only with Okinawa all of this for me personally it feels very very Japanese kind of traveling peaceful easy no rushing no long lines everything is easy simple but at the same time of good quality like that cafe we are in a small town on a tiny island but uh there as well you can find a nice cafe Yeah feels very very Japanese like this is what I understand with Japanese i hear a goat let’s go and see a goat looks like a cafe or a bar restaurant me uh-huh oh there there’s one more o oh oh nope we are turning around you can go further in that direction and probably also go until the sea but uh quite a distance and on both sides of the road it’s an either a resort a nice resort here is rooms for around $300 and I think it’s a good deal for such a location and on the other side of the road it’s a big golf club so yeah and signs everywhere no trespassing no entry in all languages even in Vietnamese and
Russian russian and Korean
Spanish
Italian so that means you shouldn’t go there really but no signs in Latian look this is the place this is the where it starts the resort inside they have like a park and let’s go to the other corner of this island instead would there be someone we would ask if we can go just to the restaurant but there is no one there is no one this is the the entry in Japanese and in all other languages no entry no trespassing registered hotel guests only let me tell you this ishigaki in comparison to Kohama to this busy one of the main roads here is like a mega city like a super bustling place kohama is a bit quieter take that into account if you are thinking of going here for a longer time it’s quiet here very very quiet here and for most part from what we have seen it looks more or less like this these mountains in the distance this is the next island the island of Iimote a bigger mountainous island the island we were planning to go to but decided to come back and go there for maybe a week or or two weeks to really see that place because for a day trip it seemed like a too big of a place umu Park this is where we are going to the very furthest place on the island and then back in the direction of the town it’s very very very very empty here we just saw two people on bicycles and in the past 30 minutes we have seen only those two people and one car two more coming
wow there are people look I’ll assume that tourists cycling from this that farest corner of this island i really like the sight of the island in the background super impressive all covered in with mountains and you can on that island on the island of Iote go uh kayaking and then hike up a waterfall that’s a thing I’m interested to do someday a super nice view and this is it the last village here next to Kugazaki beach kugazaki beach is there there are a few cafes here small places where you can get some food maybe at least one is open maybe no we shall see minchu Park maybe that’s the place we should go to let’s take a look at the beach this is where we came from this is the port then we went to that area with the golf club and resort walked all the bottom part and we’ll go back through and here on the side of the road it’s a feather
yeah he’s a feather and also a Shinto shrine ooh wow in this old forest [Applause] and the toilet wow
no it’s not I think
okay no
maybe not cuz we are actually going to a viewpoint on map it says that the viewpoint is closed but let’s see it’s super super close couple minute walk only from here wow this looks incredible wow there’s a town down there i think this is the most popular and most beautiful beach on the island i think it’s called Coral Beach looks like you can stay there and there’s Nice see you soon most likely not from Japan but somewhere else see you [Music]
Kohama Island, Okinawa. In this Okinawa vlog, we are taking a ferry from Ishigaki to Kohama Island. We explore Kohama island on foot, walking all around the island. Only around 500 people live on Kohama Island.
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⏰ Timecodes ⏰
0:00 Traveling to Kohama Island
3:27 Kohama Island
7:38 Town on Kohama island
14:00 Walking on Kohama
18:44 Kubazaki beach
20:25 Shrine in the forest
22:10 Nishi Ufudaki Observation Deck
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